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8 Boundary Road / Denmark Road
Ramsgate
Above photo, 1960's, Kindly sent by Michael Mirams. |
Above photos by Paul Skelton 21 July 2012. Showing the former King of Denmark.
 
Sign above left, 1987. Sign right, December 1991 with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com
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Unfortunately closed in 2005 and is a Chinese Restaurant.
The sign used to show a fierce Viking warrior of Denmark, but in fact the
name honours King Christian IX of that country, father of Princess Alexandra
who came to England in 1863 to marry the Prince of Wales. The pub, at the
comer of Denmark Road, was built at that time. Later, it was one of only two
tied houses belonging to Edgar Austen's Regent Brewery in the town.
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From the minutes of the Board of Directors, Gardner & Co. Ltd, Ash
Brewery.
"Golden Ball" & "King of Denmark," Ramsgate, 18th May 1929. The Board agreed
to offer Edgar Austen £2,500 for the remaining 6 years of the leases on
the "Golden Ball", "King of Denmark" and Austen's Regent Brewery. Edgar's son, Lionel (who
preferred to be known as Claude) transferred to Gardner's Ash Brewery
when the Regent Brewery closed in 1927 and spent the rest of his career
there as Head Brewer. On the expiry of the leases in 1935, Gardner's
knocked down the "Golden Ball" and Regent Brewery, with the site being redeveloped
to allow for the building of a new, much larger "Golden Ball." An entry in
Gardner's board minutes, dated 10th June 1936, notes the directors'
acceptance of a offer of £220, made by a Mr H Ratcliffe, to pull down
Edgar Austen's Regent Brewery and with it, the "Golden Ball."
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Thanet Times, Tuesday 7 July, 1964.
Lightning hits the "King of Denmark."
The "King of Denmark" public house, at Boundary Road, Ramsgate, was in
the news a month ago, because of a thunderstorm which raged over the
town on a Saturday afternoon. While the landlord's wife was placing
some pies on the counter, a blue streak of lightning flashed across
the bar.
It hit her in the arm, struck a television set and a stool was
flung across the room, she said afterwards.
Licensee, Mr. Ronald V. Lawrence, and his wife, Zella, have been
in the licensing trade for about 2-years, and the "King of Denmark"
is there first house.
But about 30 years ago, Mr. Lawrence's uncle was mine host at the
public house.
A local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence at one time lived at
Cliffsend and also at Vale Square. They have an 18-year old son, who
is still at school.
Before taking over the "Denmark," Mr. Lawrence was a keen pigeon
fancier, a hobby for which he no longer has time, and Mrs. Lawrence
worked for 12 years at Minster.
"Some of my friends from these days still come to see me," she
said the other day. "This life is quite a change and it is good one
as long as you like people."
An old picture of the public house dating from 1926 hangs in the
bar, and at present there is a flourishing darts team, with men's
and women's section.
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From an email received 8 May 2016.
The Landlord in 1882 was Frederick Shapland whose sister Caroline married into the
Austen family and moved away to farm in Faversham where they grew and
supplied hops to the Regent Brewery until its demise.
Andy Austen. |
LICENSEE LIST
BUSH Thomas 1871+
SHAPLAND Frederick 1881-82+ (age 29 in 1881 )
OVENDEN William 1890-91+
CHEESEMAN Arthur 1901-11+ (age 34 in 1901)
CHEESEMAN Florence C Mrs 1913-15+
FAGG Thomas Henry King 1918+
FAGG Henry Thomas 1922+ (uncle of Raymond Lawrence)
BALLARD Edward 1924-39+
BOWLEY Alfred Philip William Feb/1948-Jan/49
(age 42 in 1939)
BOWYER John Jan/1949-53+
DARBY A G 1955-57+
LAWRENCE Raymond V (Nobby) 1962-64+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/KingofDenmark.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/kingofdenmark.html
I believe that Alfred Bowley was manager to Messrs Gardner & Co, brewers,
so may have been just a holding manager at the time.
Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
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